They are not settlers! That's the wrong word. Maybe invaders, but definitely genicidal maniacs
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Colonists fits way better
Settlers make it seem like they're just building their homes in uninhabited places.
Conquerors, mebe.
No, conquerors implies there's some kind of war. Killing random civilians and taking their homes isn't conquering anything.
Yeah the word “settler” sounds so benign, but displacing human beings and chasing them from their homes is far from benign.
And I’m not even talking about any of the violence, murder and trauma that’s often involved.
How many times have people "settled" areas that didn't have others living on there?
To anyone who's keeping up with Palestine, settler doesn't sound like anything but "invading genocidal maniac", so in that case it's the appropriate term.
The problem is that a lot of people aren't keeping up
What connotation does settler have for you?